As industry leaders, Andy and Keith have nurtured a team of experts who combine field based experience with thought leading innovation to understand and overcome the challenges you face. Every member of the CCL Group team prides themselves on upholding investigative standards according to the ISO17025 requirement to ensure that justice is served and that a businesses assets and systems are protected.

Chairman

Keith Bristow

Chairman

Keith is an independent strategic adviser and non-executive chairman and director with a diverse portfolio of clients including large corporations and international law enforcement agencies. He has extensive UK domestic and international...

Keith Bristow

Chairman

Keith is an independent strategic adviser and non-executive chairman and director with a diverse portfolio of clients including large corporations and international law enforcement agencies. He has extensive UK domestic and international leadership experience in intelligence, law enforcement, national security and sensitive operations.

Keith was appointed as the first Director General and Chair of the Board of the National Crime Agency, the body charged with leading the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime. Between 2011 and 2016, he led the agency from concept to full operational crime- fighting, working closely with Government, global partners and participating in the UK National Security Council.

He commenced his law enforcement career as a police cadet with West Mercia Constabulary, progressing to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector, before being appointed as Staff Officer to the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in 1997. The following year he was promoted to Detective Superintendent and transferred to the Major Investigation Team at West Midlands Police. He went on to lead an operational command unit in inner-city Birmingham and was appointed Director of Intelligence.

In 2002, Keith was appointed as the UK Director of the National Criminal Intelligence Service with responsibility for tackling serious organised crime by providing intelligence to national and international law enforcement partners. In 2006 he was appointed as Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police and led a ground breaking transformation of the Force, ultimately leading to a full strategic alliance with West Mercia Police.

2009 witnessed Keith selected by ACPO to become Head of Crime, having previously held the portfolios of ‘Violence and Public Protection’ and the ‘Criminal Use of Firearms’. He chaired the G8 (now G7) Law Enforcement Group for eight years, improving international co-ordination and co-operation. In 2014 and 2015, he chaired the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group, a partnership between UK, US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand which seeks to reduce the international threat and impact of organised crime.

Keith graduated from the European Top Senior Police Officer Programme and holds a Masters Degree in Organisational Development, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies and a Diploma in Applied Criminology from the University of Cambridge. As an influential voice on contemporary law enforcement issues, he has a substantial record of keynote addresses both domestically and internationally. Of special note, in 2012 Keith delivered the annual James Smart lecture ‘joined up public protection’ and in 2014 the annual Police Foundation lecture ‘policing with consent in the digital age’.

Keith has been commended on several occasions for bravery, leadership and investigative skill, and has received a number of professional awards including most recently the FBI Director’s Medallion. In June 2008 Her Majesty the Queen honoured Keith with the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished police service in her Birthday Honours List.

Directors

Andy Archibald

Chief Executive Officer

Andy joined Lothian and Borders Police in 1984 and progressed to assume senior operational investigative and intelligence roles at a local, national and international level. As head of the UKs law enforcement...

Noel McMenamin

Director of Operations

Noel has 34 years’ experience in law enforcement as a Senior Police Officer and Senior Investigating Officer at local, regional, national and international levels. He was the former head of West Midlands...

Andy Archibald

Chief Executive Officer

Andy joined Lothian and Borders Police in 1984 and progressed to assume senior operational investigative and intelligence roles at a local, national and international level. As head of the UKs law enforcement response for cyber-crime he chaired the Strategic Threat Board, and chaired a number of international forums including the European Joint Cyber Taskforce and Five Eyes Cyber-Crime Board. He was, for many years the UK governments representative on the G8 Law Enforcement Sub-Group.

Andy previously led the Home Office team responsible for delivering a National Cyber Crime capability for the UK and headed up the National Cyber Crime Unit, which still leads the UK response to cybercrime. Like CCL, the unit works closely with police Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs), Industry and Government. Most recently he provided global corporate cyber advice and security for Credit Suisse Bank. He is now the CEO of CCL, aiming to further develop CCL’s forensic capabilities and strengthen the fight against digitally-enabled crime and cybercrime.

Noel McMenamin

Director of Operations

Noel has 34 years’ experience in law enforcement as a Senior Police Officer and Senior Investigating Officer at local, regional, national and international levels. He was the former head of West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit and Head of Crime for Warwickshire Police. Noel was also previously employed by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency and National Crime Squad, where he led investigations into crime groups operating across the UK and overseas.

Having joined West Midlands Police in 1983, he has extensive experience in both reactive and proactive investigation and specialised particularly in covert and sensitive policing methods and techniques. More recently he has operated as an Independent Investigator and Consultant for HM Cabinet Office and private sector companies.

Noel joined CCL as an associate in January 2017 and is now the Director of Operations, responsible for the delivery of Digital Forensics and Data Analytics services, as well as the Sales, Marketing and Research and Development teams.

Department Heads

Richard Walker

Mobile Device Lab & Cell Site Manager

Richard joined CCL in November 2013 as a Mobile Device Analyst from West Mercia Police. He now has extensive experience in both private sector and law enforcement digital forensics. Richard is currently...

Laura Geddes

Data Analytics Supervisor

Laura joined CCL Group in August 2014 after gaining a first class Bsc (Hons) in Forensic and Investigative Studies. She has undergone extensive training within the digital forensics, E-Disclosure and data analytics...

Alex Caithness

Principal Analyst (R&D)

Alex joined CCL Group in 2008 and specialises in mobile devices, reverse engineering, databases, programming and training. As well as developing the internal capabilities at CCL Group, he has written a number...

Principal Analyst (R&D)

Richard Walker

Mobile Device Lab & Cell Site Manager

Richard joined CCL in November 2013 as a Mobile Device Analyst from West Mercia Police. He now has extensive experience in both private sector and law enforcement digital forensics.

Richard is currently Manager of both the Mobile Device and Cell Site laboratories responsible for the efficiency and quality of all operational projects in those areas. He has gained further experience in project management, communication strategies and budgeting as part of his account management for several law enforcement agencies.

Stuart White

PC Lab, ED and Forensic Case Team Manager

Stuart joined CCL Group in 2006, starting out in the PC lab, he now manages the PC and Data Analytics departments. At the University of Aberystwyth, he graduated with a Master’s degree in Physics with Planetary and Space Physics. He has completed hundreds of digital investigations, giving expert evidence in trials at Crown Courts including high profile cases at the Central Criminal Court. He has conducted numerous technical training courses and has assisted many organisations and government agencies with various forensic and data examination projects at every level of the project cycle. Stuart was instrumental in managing and directing the successful implementation of ISO 17025.

Matt Tart

Principal Analyst (Cell Site)

Matt joined CCL Group in 2010, previously working as a as Senior Forensic Scientist in the Home Office Forensic Science Service where he had been since 1993. Holding a BSc. in Applied Physics, Matt is proficient in research, validation, development, digital forensic analysis and evidence, specialising in telecommunications evidence and providing evidence in thousands of cases. Industry respected and a renowned practitioner, Matt sits on the Forensic Regulator Digital Evidence Group and is principal expert in the cell site team handling complex casework and routinely giving expert evidence in court.

Iain Brodie

Principal Analyst (Cell Site)

Dr Iain Brodie joined CCL in November 2009 and brings with him years of experience in forensic cell site analysis having worked at the Forensic Science Service, and detailed knowledge of the planning and operation of mobile phone networks gained at Orange, Telenor and BT. Iain has provided over 200 evidential cell site analyses for both prosecution and defence, and given evidence in court on over 50 occasions. Iain is Registered by Sweet and Maxwell as an Expert Witness.

Laura Geddes

Data Analytics Supervisor

Laura joined CCL Group in August 2014 after gaining a first class Bsc (Hons) in Forensic and Investigative Studies. She has undergone extensive training within the digital forensics, E-Disclosure and data analytics departments and is now the Data Analytics Supervisor.

On a day-to-day basis, Laura is responsible for the management of processing, preparation and production of data and ongoing client review support. Laura works closely with clients developing strategies to ensure disclosure obligations are being met. Laura has successfully completed numerous Guidance Software EnCase and Nuix courses inclusive of the Nuix Certified Technical Engineer Practitioner. She has also completed training to become a certified trainer of the Nuix 101 and Nuix E-Discovery Courses.

Alex Caithness

Principal Analyst (R&D)

Alex joined CCL Group in 2008 and specialises in mobile devices, reverse engineering, databases, programming and training. As well as developing the internal capabilities at CCL Group, he has written a number of commercially available forensic tools. He is a regular speaker at industry events and conferences and provided training including digital fundamentals, the Python scripting language and the tools he has written.

Arun Prasannan

Principal Analyst (R&D)

Arun is a Principal Analyst (Research and Development) at CCL. He joined the mobile device lab as a Computer Science graduate in July 2009 and became a part of the R&D team in 2010. His specialisms are advanced data recovery from embedded electronic devices, reverse engineering of data structures, writing scripts and analysis of uncommon operating systems. Arun also plays a key role in the mentoring of junior analysts and in the documentation and validation of internal procedures.

Advisors

Andrew France

Advisor

Andrew France is the former Deputy Director for Cyber Defence Operations at GCHQ, the UK Government's signals intelligence agency. During his distinguished 30-year career with GCHQ, Andrew was at the forefront of...

Dr Jamie Saunders

Advisor

Phil Matthews

Advisor

Phil Matthews is a career Law Enforcement Officer with over 38 years’ experience in Serious and Organised Crime, including counter narcotics, money laundering, corruption and counter terrorism. He retired as the Deputy...

Andrew France

Advisor

Andrew France is the former Deputy Director for Cyber Defence Operations at GCHQ, the UK Government’s signals intelligence agency. During his distinguished 30-year career with GCHQ, Andrew was at the forefront of the UK’s national cyber defence strategy, responsible for both policy and operational delivery. He is a recognised global leader in his field, with extensive experience in delivering technical innovation in high-pressure and secure environments both in the UK and overseas.

On leaving GCHQ, he co-founded Darktrace; an innovative Cyber Security company integrating advanced mathematics, cutting edge machine learning with “real world” operational expertise. As CEO he oversaw the development of the company from start up to a multi-million £ enterprise. He left Darktrace to set up RedQ, a specialist Cyber Security consultancy providing a range of professional services to C-Suite executives around the world. He is also a co-founder and Director of Prevalent AI, a specialist Security Data Science firm.

Andrew has been engaged as a strategic advisor to Hakluyt Cyber, Deloitte (UK), Deep-Secure, Cognevo and Telstra (Australia). He is also a member of the Lloyds Banking Group, GlaxoSmithKline, CCL Forensics and Oath (US) Cyber Security Advisory Boards.

Dr Jamie Saunders

Advisor

Jamie has worked for 30 years in the fields intelligence and cyber security. He started his career in GCHQ in 1988 where he held a range of operational, policy and corporate service roles. Jamie joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Officer in 2008 where he was the lead for cyber at the British Embassy Washington, and then Director International Cyber Policy in FCO’s London headquarters from 2012-2014.

In 2014 he joined the Board of NCA, working with Keith and Andy to build the Agency’s digital capabilities. He left NCA as Director Intelligence in 2017. Jamie is now an independent strategic security consultant, with clients in government, financial services and the specialist security sector. He recently authored a report with Marsh Ltd and TheCityUK on Governance of Cyber Risk, aimed at Board Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of the UK’s largest financial services firms. He is a visiting professor at University College London.

Phil Matthews

Advisor

Phil Matthews is a career Law Enforcement Officer with over 38 years’ experience in Serious and Organised Crime, including counter narcotics, money laundering, corruption and counter terrorism. He retired as the Deputy Director for Intelligence Collection from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (National Crime Agency), where he had a wide range of responsibilities which included: Managing and directing UK Law Enforcement in the Lawful Interception of Communications, IP Surveillance and Communications Data and the Technical Operations Group, which were responsible for the delivery of numerous covert investigative methods and techniques. He was also responsible for maintaining and growing covert technical collection capabilities and specialist services in the U.K. and with key partners around the world. He had similar responsibilities in his previous positions as Director Special Services National Criminal Intelligence Service, and Director National Teams in HM Revenue and Customs. He was also the senior responsible law enforcement officer for operational liaison with U.K. IC community and Special Forces on overseas covert technical operations.

Phil has extensive international serious crime experience, having served for 3 years in Bangkok as senior Drug Liaison Officer covering SE Asia, 2 years in charge of U.K. DLOs based in the Eastern Hemisphere and Fiscal Liaison Officers based around the world, and 5 years in Washington DC where he was senior Police / Customs Attaché. Since his retirement Phil has worked part time as an Advisor to a number U.K. U.S.A. and European Defence and specialist Security companies, helping them establish footprints internationally, identifying best route to market, undertaking business development and intelligence, and providing deep due diligence and investigation.